1480 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 520

coroner for Montgomery 'County for a term of four (4) years
from the date of the appointment, and the said County Com-
missioners as aforesaid are hereby authorized and empowered
to pass such necessary rules and regulations as they may deem
requisite to govern the acts of said coroner and also provide
such fees as they may deem proper to pay the said coroner for
his services.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the County Com-
missioners are hereby authorized and empowered in the event
of the death, resignation or removal of the said coroner, to
appoint some suitable person to serve out the remainder of the
term for which said coroner was appointed and at the expira-
tion of the first term herein created the County Commissioners
as aforesaid shall every four (4) years thereafter on the first
Monday in July appoint some suitable person to act as coro-
ner for said county.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said coroner be
governed by the general laws of this State in relation to all
matters affecting the office of coroner in addition to such rules
and regulations as the County Commissioners may prescribe.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the county health
officer for Montgomery County shall be required to act as
deputy coroner and as physician to the coroner, and that he
shall receive for his services as physician such additional com-
pensation as the County Commissioners may deem fair and
reasonable.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the powers of
coroner heretofore exercised by the justice of the peace of
said county be and the same is hereby repealed, and on and
after the first Tuesday in July no justice of the peace shall
have authority to act in any case which requires the action
of the coroner; provided, however, that the Justice of the
Peace of said County shall continue to exercise authority in
any case which requires the action of a coroner, in case the
said County Commissioners shall fail to appoint a coroner, as
provided for in Section 1 of this Act.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That any and all Acts
enacted inconsistent with any provisions of this Act are here-
by repealed; and be it further enacted, that this Act shall take
effect from the first day of July, 1922.

Approved April 13th, 1922.